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    Home - Entertainment - Wrestling daredevil, 32, feels like ‘death is constantly on my doorstep’
    Entertainment Updated:May 8, 2025

    Wrestling daredevil, 32, feels like ‘death is constantly on my doorstep’

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    Cliff Notes – Wrestling daredevil, 32, feels like ‘death is constantly on my doorstep’

    • Will Ospreay, 32, acknowledges that age has heightened his fear of performing dangerous stunts, admitting he feels “death is on my doorstep constantly.”
    • Despite his fears, Ospreay remains committed to pushing his limits in the ring, reflecting on the adrenaline rush he experiences after executing high-risk moves.

    Wrestling daredevil, 32, feels like ‘death is constantly on my doorstep’

    AEW wrestler Will Ospreay has admitted age has made him more scared of his own death defying stunts.

    The 32-year-old Essex-born star, who is the poster boy for WWE rival All Elite Wrestling’s Forbidden Door event at The O2 arena in London this summer, made waves earlier this year with a thrill seeking dive from the top of a steel cage.

    Asked if the fear ever creeps in, he exclusively told Metro: ‘A lot of times, especially now that I’m older. I’m 32 … I’m an old boy now, I’m not rubber anymore. It’s creeping up on me that death is on my doorstep constantly.’

    Decorated champion Will, who admitted he got into a lot of trouble from his partner and fellow wrestler Alex Windsor for the cage stunt, is still determined to ‘push’ himself to his limits.

    ‘I do think about [death]. And main thing that I always say to myself is, like, I want to make sure that I’m safe. I want to make sure I can get on that plane at home,’ he said.

    ‘But I’ve made a deal with the devil – one of these days it might not happen. Until that day comes, I do need to push myself and to find out where that limit is.

    ‘I haven’t found it yet, and I’ve jumped off of a cage, so I can only imagine how far it goes. But, you know, death is a funny thing. And when I do die, the only thing that I can say, looking back on this, I had a good laugh.’

    In the moment with that terrifying cage dive, Will can still recall looking don’t at ‘a bunch of real famous people’ on the front row, with fans’ phones all pointing up at him, and one man in particular silently begging him not to die.

    ‘It was crazy being up there, because I’m wearing white gear. So instantly I’m thinking, don’t s*** yourself,’ he laughed.

    ‘I was freaking out there. But after it was done, there was like, this surge of adrenaline of just like, “I am f****** indestructible, mate.”‘

    Fans might be wondering what Ospreay will do next, as he looks ahead to AEW’s first show at London’s O2 for Forbidden Door, following two big All In events at Wembley Stadium in 2023 and 2024.

    ‘I remember I was at a WWE SmackDown taping years ago [at The O2], and we was up in section 417, the nosebleed seats,’ he recalled.

    AEW in the UK in 2025

    What? AEW Dynamite & Collision, and AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door

    When and where? August 20 (Dynamite/Collision) at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, August 24 (Forbidden Door) at London’s O2 arena

    ‘If you would have told me that I’d have been the face of a wrestling show that’s happening at The O2 but it’s not WWE? It’s madness.’

    Will can still remember some of the matches, with Hall of Famer The Undertaker taking on Big Show (‘the finish was dogs**t’), Randy Orton facing Triple H in a Steel Cage (‘it was sick’), and now-AEW star Matt Sydal against British wrestler Paul Burchill.

    Years later, Will is being talked about as one of the absolute best wrestlers in the world, and he insisted above all else, it comes down to ‘heart’.

    ‘When you’re in a match or you’ve got a microphone in your hand, you can tell if someone’s going through the motions,’ he explained.

    He pointed to the example of the late ‘Mad’ Kurt Chapman, who died in December 2023 aged 26, and the connection he had with fans across the UK.

    He added: ‘Kurt didn’t have an ounce of muscle. If I’d have said, “Kurtis, where’s your deltoids?” he would say, “Is that a video game character from Minecraft?”

    ‘But he had a connection with the audience, and people wanted to see him succeed. Everyone misses that little t*at.’

    Wrestling truly is a space for everyone, and Will is glad that AEW and New Japan’s Forbidden Door events can make diversity a normality in the business.

    ‘I feel like now with we’re starting to get into a place where we’re understanding that so many of us are different shapes, different sizes, different colors, different ethnicities,’ he smiled.

    ‘I love wrestling because it celebrates all of that. I say this quite a lot about the Forbidden Door pay-per-view – it’s not even a “forbidden door” anymore, because anyone could have walked through.

    ‘For me, Forbidden Door is celebrating the culture of professional wrestling.’

    AEW returns to the UK for Dynamite & Collision at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro (August 24) and Forbidden Door (Aug 24). Tickets go on general sale on Friday, May 2 at 10am.

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    Savanah is the Fashion news correspondent for WTX News. She has over 15 years experience in journalism and communications on a range of organisations, with roles that range from Reporting and Editorial to Brand Account Manager and production roles. She regularly writes features in Middle eastern Fashion and the latest trends coming through the world of fashion.

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